The official program for 55th International Congress on Medieval Studies is now live! The International Joan of Arc Society has two panels organized by Tara Beth Smithson and yours truly. We are humbled to have been the stewards for the society’s sessions this year.
We have an impressive array of topics and scholars–there are at least three Joan monographs in the works from this group!
Both sessions are in the Schneider 1280 room. If you are in Kalamazoo on Thursday May 7, please join us!
Globalizing Joan of Arc: Positioning France’s Most Famous Freedom Fighter in a Transnational Landscape
Sponsor: International Joan of Arc Society/Société Internationale de l’étude de Jeanne d’Arc
Organizer: Scott Manning, Independent Scholar
Presider: Scott Manning
When: Thursday May 7, 10:00 am
Where: Schneider 1280
Joan of Arc and Her Cinematic Avatars
Kevin J. Harty, La Salle Univ.
The Maid’s Future as a Transnational Icon for the LGBTQ Community
Deborah McGrady, Univ. of Virginia
The Mnemonic Maid: Joan’s Myth as Trigger for Global Counter-Memory
Tara Beth Smithson, Manchester Univ.
Performing Joan: Interpreting the Maid on Screen, on Stage, and in the Streets
Sponsor: International Joan of Arc Society/Société Internationale de l’étude de Jeanne d’Arc
Organizer: Scott Manning, Independent Scholar
Presider: Tara Beth Smithson, Manchester Univ
When: Thursday May 7, 1:30 pm
Where: Schneider 1280
Joan of Arc: The Maid of New Orleans
Elizabeth Watkins, Loyola Univ. New Orleans
The Passion of Miley Cyrus: Medievalism as Pop Feminism in “Mother’s Daughter”
Gillian L. Gower, Univ. of California–Los Angeles
Any Maid Will Do: Victorian Joan of Arcs in Ringling Bros. Couriers and Librettos
Scott Manning
Joan of Arc in America: Hellman’s The Lark Soars on Broadway
Stephanie L. Coker, Univ. of North Alabama